Temper by Layne Fargo

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Temper by Layne Fargo

For fans of the high-stakes tension of the New York Times bestsellers Luckiest Girl Alive and The Lying Game, comes a brilliantly paced thriller that gets under your skin in the best possible way (Megan Collins, author of The Winter Sister) about female ambition and what happens when fake violence draws real blood. After years of struggling in the Chicago theater scene, ambitious actress Kira Rascher finally lands the role of a lifetime. The catch? The mercurial Malcolm Mercer is the director and he's known for pushing his performers past their limits--on stage and off. Kira's convinced she can handle Malcolm, but the theater's cofounder, Joanna Cuyler, is another story. Joanna sees Kira as a threat--to her own thwarted artistic ambitions, her twisted relationship with Malcolm, and the shocking secret she's keeping about the upcoming production. But as opening night draws near, Kira and Joanna both come to the realization that Malcolm's dangerous extremes are nothing compared to what they're capable of themselves. An edgy, addictive, and fiendishly clever tale of ambition, deceit, and power suited for fans of the film Black Swan, Temper revels in its mind games, delivering twist after twist as it races toward a Shakespearian climax. The final page will leave you gasping (Amy Gentry, author of Last Woman Standing).
Fargo, Layne: - Layne Fargo is the author of the thrillers Temper and They Never Learn. She's a Pitch Wars mentor, Vice President of the Chicagoland chapter of Sisters in Crime, and the cocreator of the podcast Unlikeable Female Characters. Layne lives in Chicago with her partner and their pets.
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ISBN 13 9781982112509
ISBN 10 1982112506
Title Temper
Author Layne Fargo
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Gallery/Scout Press
Year published 2020-04-14
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.